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1986 Certificate 18
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Wealthy businessman Harry Mitchell falls prey to ruthless blackmailers after having an illicit affair with a young model. Single-handedly, he masterminds a plan to beat the extortionists at their game, eventually facing the foremost crook in a deadly confrontation. Read more

Starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover
Director John Frankenheimer
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Wealthy businessman Harry Mitchell falls prey to ruthless blackmailers after having an illicit affair with a young model. Single-handedly, he masterminds a plan to beat the extortionists at their game, eventually facing the foremost crook in a deadly confrontation.

Starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover
Director John Frankenheimer
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 04 Oct 2004
Production year: 1986
Format DVD

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  • This is the one Elmore Leonard fans were waiting for, the one that lost least on the swings and roundabouts of... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Good, Gitty Elmore Leonard Adaptation.

    This film bucks the trend. The major pattern of putting Elmore Leonard's books on film is that the better the book, the worse the film adaptation - even if Leonard has hand a hand in writing the screenplay. Happily this doesn't follow that pattern. It has a classic gritty and grimy mise-en-scene, character driven action - lowlifes, pimps, prostitutes and killers - and assured direction from John Frankenheimer.

    Roy Scheider (JAWS,MARATHON MAN, KLUTE) is a blackmailed businessman who fights back against the lowest of LA's underbelly - I won't reveal the plot but it has sex, murder, violence and hardboiled dialogue.

    It ranks with JACKIE BROWN and GET SHORTY as the best of Elmore Leonard on film.

    Rent it. Rate it.

      • Andrew Billington from Newcastle-u-lyme
      • Posted 02 Apr 2005 18:04

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